Gary Oldman Quotes
Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
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A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I'm not graceful.
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Movies don't have borders.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I think social media, it in a way forces companies to be more authentic or more transparent because it gives a voice to the consumer and a reach to the consumer that they didn't have before.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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I'm actually a big fan of having all the different types of voices on television. I think it gives people a nice little buffet that they can just pick and choose how they want to get their news and entertainment, I guess.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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It's hard to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer - people who get it don't live long enough.
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You can take your life into your own hands in terms of directing. There are ways for you to finance yourself and to write and make a film.
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I really do believe there are things passed down. Behaviour, not just DNA. Psychological make-up. You can see it in dogs. If you want to breed a calm dog, don't get two fighters.
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Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that's always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up.
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With a sitcom, everyday you do a run through, and people are judging you, and the scripts are being changed nightly, nightly, nightly.
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Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.
